Vicinal ketoesters – key intermediates in the total synthesis of natural products

• Marc Paul Beller and
• Ulrich Koert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1236–1248, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.129

• species to the α-ketoester 15 (Scheme 3) [6]. The ketoester 15 was synthesized by a chiral pool approach starting from (+)-3-carene derived cycloheptenone 13 [7][8] and aldehyde 12 (accessible from (R)-Roche ester [9]) via the γ-lactone 14. The ketoester moiety was established by an enolate hydroxylation

• was synthesized by a Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction of phosphonate 48 with aldehyde 47. Enantiopure aldehyde 47 was easily accessible from oxazolidinone 46 via Evans-aldol chemistry [23]. Heating of the α-ketoester 49 led to the highly substituted cyclopentanol 50 in a good dr of ≈5:1 (minor

• for different purposes in the syntheses of a range of oxindole alkaloids. The start of the synthesis of (rac)-corynoxine (76) was the conversion of tryptamine (70) to oxindole 71, which was used in a chemoselective Mannich reaction with aldehyde 72, introducing the α-ketoester moiety (Scheme 12) [27

Lewis acid-catalyzed Pudovik reaction–phospha-Brook rearrangement sequence to access phosphoric esters

• Jin Yang,
• Dang-Wei Qian and
• Shang-Dong Yang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1188–1194, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.123

• recognized as challenging since there is no single report on such a sequence under Lewis acid catalysis. Herein, we report the synthesis of phosphoric esters by a Lewis acid Cu(OTf)2-catalyzed one-pot Pudovik reaction–phospha-Brook rearrangement sequence between pyridinyl-substituted aldehyde or pyridone

Experimental and theoretical studies on the synthesis of 1,4,5-trisubstituted pyrrolidine-2,3-diones

• Nguyen Tran Nguyen,
• Vo Viet Dai,
• Nguyen Ngoc Tri,
• Luc Van Meervelt,
• Nguyen Tien Trung and
• Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1140–1153, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.118

• 70%. However, an increase in the yield of product 4a to 77% could be observed with the ratio of 1:1:1.5 of reactants 1a, 2, and 3, respectively (Table 1). The product 4a was obtained in 80% yield when the concentration of the aromatic aldehyde 1a in solvent increased to 0.75 M while remaining the

• aromatic aldehyde, aniline, and ethyl 2,4-dioxovalerate, respectively, in acetic acid as solvent was used to synthesize other substituted 4-acetyl-3-hydroxy-3-pyrroline-2-ones. It may be surmised that the first step in the three-component reaction to synthesize substituted 4-acetyl-3-hydroxy-3-pyrroline-2

• -ones 4a–c occurs via the acid-catalyzed condensation of the aromatic aldehyde 1a–c and aniline (2) to produce imine intermediate 5 which is then protonated to the iminium species 6. In addition, ethyl 2,4-dioxovalerate (3) containing an activated methylene group is in fast equilibrium with enol

Synthesis of N-phenyl- and N-thiazolyl-1H-indazoles by copper-catalyzed intramolecular N-arylation of ortho-chlorinated arylhydrazones

• Yara Cristina Marchioro Barbosa,
• Guilherme Caneppele Paveglio,
• Claudio Martin Pereira de Pereira,
• Sidnei Moura,
• Cristiane Storck Schwalm,
• Gleison Antonio Casagrande and
• Lucas Pizzuti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1079–1087, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.110

• -bottom flask, the o-chlorinated aromatic aldehyde (5 mmol) and phenylhydrazine (0.540 g, 5 mmol) were dissolved in methanol (25 mL). Glacial acetic acid (0.060 g, 20 mol %) and sodium acetate (0.082 g, 20 mol %) were added, and the solution was stirred for 4 h at room temperature. The resulting mixture

• 60 using the following eluent: hexane/AcOEt 98:2 for 2a,b,d,e, petroleum ether/AcOEt 98:2 for 2f, hexane/AcOEt 90:10 for 2g,i,i’, and hexane/AcOEt 80:20 for 2h. General experimental procedure for the synthesis of hydrazones 3a–i The o-chlorinated aromatic aldehyde (1.5 mmol), thiosemicarbazide (0.136

New azodyrecins identified by a genome mining-directed reactivity-based screening

• Atina Rizkiya Choirunnisa,
• Kuga Arima,
• Yo Abe,
• Noritaka Kagaya,
• Kei Kudo,
• Hikaru Suenaga,
• Junko Hashimoto,
• Manabu Fujie,
• Noriyuki Satoh,
• Kazuo Shin-ya,
• Kenichi Matsuda and
• Toshiyuki Wakimoto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1017–1025, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.102

• azodyrecins (Scheme 2). The pathway is likely initiated by Ady2, a putative dehydrogenase that recruits fatty acids from primary metabolism to generate an aldehyde, which would be converted to an aliphatic amine by the pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)-dependent transaminase Ady4. The amine would be N-hydroxylated by

First example of organocatalysis by cathodic N-heterocyclic carbene generation and accumulation using a divided electrochemical flow cell

• Daniele Rocco,
• Ana A. Folgueiras-Amador,
• Richard C. D. Brown and
• Marta Feroci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 979–990, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.98

• , under galvanostatic conditions (I = 134 mA, telectrolysis = 12 min) with a flow rate of 36 mL/min, anode solution as in Table 3, and with 1.0 Faraday per mole of aldehyde. At the end of the electrolysis, 1 mmol of cinnamaldehyde was added to the catholyte and the mixture was left under stirring for five

• electrochemically generated NHC into the corresponding thione by its reaction with elemental sulfur. Umpolung of the aldehyde carbonyl carbon atom. Formation of the Breslow intermediate using NHCs. Electrogenerated NHC-catalyzed self-annulation of cinnamaldehyde. Byproduct obtained from the reaction between

On Reuben G. Jones synthesis of 2-hydroxypyrazines

• Pierre Legrand and
• Yves L. Janin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 935–943, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.93

• amine) on the most electrophilic component of the α-ketoaldehyde (its aldehyde) to give intermediate 5. However, the ensuing cyclization (via a hydration of its imine bond to allow for a rotation) would then lead to compound 4 which is rarely the major reaction product. Since compound 3 is the main

Copper-catalyzed multicomponent reactions for the efficient synthesis of diverse spirotetrahydrocarbazoles

• Shao-Cong Zhan,
• Ren-Jie Fang,
• Jing Sun and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 796–808, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.80

• 3-substituted indole, which undergoes dehydration to form the key intermediate indole-based ortho-quinodimethanes (o-QDMs, A). In the meantime, the cyclic 1,3-diones and aromatic aldehyde undergo Knoevenagel condensation to afford the different kinds of dienophiles. Subsequently, the Diels–Alder

• . On the other hand, the tetrahydrospiro[carbazole-3,5'-pyrimidine] 4 can be converted to aromatized spiro[carbazole-3,5'-pyrimidine] 3 through the oxidation of DDQ. In the absence of the effective dienophile, the normal Friedel–Crafts alkylation of 2-methylindole with aromatic aldehyde gives the well

• provide great potential for applications in organic synthesis, pharmaceutical chemistry and materials science. Experimental 1. General procedure for the preparation of the spiro[carbazole-3,3'-inolines] 1a–j and 1a’–j’: A mixture of 2-methyl-1H-indole (0.5 mmol, 1.0 equiv), aldehyde (0.6 mmol, 1.2 equiv

Inductive heating and flow chemistry – a perfect synergy of emerging enabling technologies

• Conrad Kuhwald,
• Sibel Türkhan and
• Andreas Kirschning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 688–706, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.70

• an aldehyde 5, a secondary amine 6, and a terminal alkyne 7, afforded arylpropargylamines 8 in up to 84% yield under flow conditions (Scheme 7, reaction 2). Microwave irradiation interacted with a thin foil of Cu or Au that served as catalyst inside the glass capillary. The work must be highlighted

• Petasis boron-Mannich (PBM) reaction of glyoxalic acid (30a) or salicylic aldehyde (30b), with morpholine (29) and p-methoxyphenylboronic acid (31) furnished α-aminocarboxylic acid 32a and phenol 32b in excellent yield (98% and 93%), again much higher than the yields found for the batch protocol (77% and

Rapid gas–liquid reaction in flow. Continuous synthesis and production of cyclohexene oxide

• Kyoko Mandai,
• Tetsuya Yamamoto,
• Hiroki Mandai and
• Aiichiro Nagaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 660–668, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.67

• achieved by using a flow technique (Scheme 1). Cyclohexene oxide was selectively produced with high yield in our flow oxidation system using air and within only 1.4 min. The fast epoxidation of cyclohexene without added catalyst in the solution was achieved since the solution of cyclohexene and aldehyde in

• oxidation and decomposition of oxidants generated from air and aldehyde. Furthermore, the fast epoxidation is applicable for the continuous production process of cyclohexene oxide for 1 hour maintaining stable operation. Results and Discussion Batch experiment of epoxidation of cyclohexene with air As an

• from the lowered solubility of air in a solvent at a high temperature to produce peracid from the reaction of aldehyde and oxygen insufficiently, and the epoxidation was deaccelerated. The experimental results revealed that aerobic epoxidation of cyclohexene in a batch reactor required a longer

DDQ in mechanochemical C–N coupling reactions

• Shyamal Kanti Bera,
• Rosalin Bhanja and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 639–646, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.64

• were well tolerated and gave the desired products 5h–k with high yields. In this context, biphenyl aldehyde with a chloro group was efficiently converted to 5l with 93% yield. Furthermore, aromatic aldehydes having a strong electron-withdrawing group (such as NO2) were smoothly converted to the

• containing fluoro, bromo, ethyl, and anthryl groups led to the corresponding products 6j, 6k, 6l, and 6p in good to excellent yield. Aliphatic aldehydes such as butyraldehyde gave the cyclized product 6m with an 86% yield. In this regard, an -OMe and -COMe group-containing biphenyl aldehyde resulted in the

The asymmetric Henry reaction as synthetic tool for the preparation of the drugs linezolid and rivaroxaban

• Martin Vrbický,
• Karel Macek,
• Jaroslav Pochobradský,
• Jan Svoboda,
• Miloš Sedlák and
• Pavel Drabina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 438–445, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.46

• highly efficient catalysts based on copper complexes of different types of chiral ligands, 2-(pyridin-2-yl)imidazolidine-4-ones (I–III), bis-oxazolines (IV–VII), or diamine (VIII) were chosen for the study (Figure 2). Furthermore, the modification of the structure of the prochiral aldehyde intermediates

• 15 and 19 was also performed with the aim to increase the enantiomeric purity of the corresponding nitroaldol products 21–26. The structural modification consisted in the introduction of different alkyl moieties to the carbamate functional group of the aldehyde intermediates 15–20. As bulky and/or

• modified synthetic procedure [14]. Here, it was included the chromatographic purification of the final chloroformates, which led to removing of corresponding alkyl chlorides formed as byproducts. The aldehyde 17 was prepared by a different way, because the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of its acetal

Menadione: a platform and a target to valuable compounds synthesis

• Acácio S. de Souza,
• Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
• Dora C. S. Costa,
• Fernanda P. Pauli,
• David R. Pinho,
• Matheus G. de Moraes,
• Fernando de C. da Silva,
• Luana da S. M. Forezi and
• Vitor F. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 381–419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.43

Amamistatins isolated from Nocardia altamirensis

• Till Steinmetz,
• Wolf Hiller and
• Markus Nett

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 360–367, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.40

• C35H53N5O7 by the [M + H]+ ion at m/z 656.4019 (calcd for C35H54N5O7, 656.4023). Analysis of 1D and 2D NMR spectra confirmed that the aldehyde group in position 25 is missing. Therefore, compound 3 represents the N-desformyl analogue of 1. Compound 4 (1.9 mg) was obtained as a reddish oil. Its molecular

A resorcin[4]arene hexameric capsule as a supramolecular catalyst in elimination and isomerization reactions

• Tommaso Lorenzetto,
• Fabrizio Fabris and
• Alessandro Scarso

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 337–349, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.38

• diastereoisomeric secondary alcohols (Scheme 2). The reaction of (S)-citronellal in the presence of 10 mol % of 16 at 60 °C was monitored by 1H NMR observing the rapid disappearance of the triplet signal at 9.78 ppm relative to the aldehyde hydrogen atom and consequent increase of the signals at 4.9 ppm relative to

Synthesis of 5-unsubstituted dihydropyrimidinone-4-carboxylates from deep eutectic mixtures

• Sangram Gore,
• Sundarababu Baskaran and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 331–336, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.37

• synthesis of 5-unsubstituted dihydropyrimidinone-4-carboxylate using gem-dibromomethylarene, oxalacetic acid, and urea [25]. Here the gem-dibromomethylarene moiety serves as an aldehyde equivalent. In addition, utilizing aromatic ketones as a β-ketoester equivalent, the synthesis of 5-unsubstituted DHPM

• -unsaturated ketoesters, such as (E)-ethyl 4-(4-nitrophenyl)-2-oxobut-3-enoate (17), afforded the corresponding 5-unsubstituted DHPM derivative 18 in good yield (entry 6, Table 1). Similarly, heteroaromatic aldehyde derived ketoester 21, also underwent the tandem reaction to give the corresponding 5

Iridium-catalyzed hydroacylation reactions of C1-substituted oxabenzonorbornadienes with salicylaldehyde: an experimental and computational study

• Angel Ho,
• Austin Pounder,
• Krish Valluru,
• Leanne D. Chen and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 251–261, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.30

• regioselectivity. The mechanism and origins of selectivity in the iridium-catalyzed hydroacylation reaction has been examined at the M06/Def2TZVP level of theory. The catalytic cycle consists of three key steps including oxidative addition into the aldehyde C–H bond, insertion of the olefin into the iridium

• bonds [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Hydroacylation reactions, the formal addition of an aldehyde C–H bond across a C–C π-system, has emerged as a powerful, and highly atom-economic approach to synthesize ketones. As such, C–H functionalizations are inherently both environmentally benign and economically

• hydroacylation reactions [74][75][76][77][78], we propose a catalytic cycle utilizing iridium that proceeds with three key steps: (1) iridium(I) oxidative addition into the aldehyde C–H bond, (2) insertion of the olefin into the iridium hydride, and (3) C–C bond-forming reductive elimination. The hydroacylation

Flow synthesis of oxadiazoles coupled with sequential in-line extraction and chromatography

• Kian Donnelly and
• Marcus Baumann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 232–239, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.27

• following treatment of acid 5 with hydrazine hydrate, followed by hydrazone formation with the corresponding aldehyde. When subjected to the reaction conditions, oxadiazoles 2k and 2l were obtained in low yield over this multi-step sequence. While unsuitable for large scale reactions, this methodology may

Synthesis and late stage modifications of Cyl derivatives

• Phil Servatius and
• Uli Kazmaier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 174–181, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.19

• ozonide formed during the reaction [57]. Consequently, no PPh3 or Me2S was required to obtain the crude aldehyde. Subsequent addition of a Wittig ylide gave access to a cyclopeptide with an α,β-unsaturated ester side chain as a (E/Z) mixture. Unfortunately, this compound contained triphenylphosphine oxide

Green synthesis of C5–C6-unsubstituted 1,4-DHP scaffolds using an efficient Ni–chitosan nanocatalyst under ultrasonic conditions

• Soumyadip Basu,
• Sauvik Chatterjee,
• Suman Ray,
• Suvendu Maity,
• Prasanta Ghosh,
• Asim Bhaumik and
• Chhanda Mukhopadhyay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 133–142, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.14

• in the literature, which generally involve four components. These include one primary amine, two multiple bonds, and one aldehyde function [27]. However, one advantage of our study is that we only used three components since the cinnamaldehyde derivatives 3 played the role of two components at the

• same time, namely that of an aldehyde and that of one multiple bond. Generally, aldehydes and multiple bonds are very reactive in the presence of primary amines. However, since we used cinnamaldehyde derivatives 3, which are conjugated systems of a double bond and an aldehyde, the reactivity was rather

• to the more stable aldehyde form C. In the second step, the nitrogen atom of the enamine function attacks the aldehyde carbon atom of the cinnamaldehyde unit in 3, and one water molecule is eliminated to give the desired product. Both steps are accelerated by the presence of the catalyst. In support

1,2-Naphthoquinone-4-sulfonic acid salts in organic synthesis

• Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
• Patricia G. Ferreira,
• Amanda de A. Borges,
• Luana da S. M. Forezi,
• Fernando de Carvalho da Silva and
• Vitor F. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 53–69, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.5

• ] developed the synthesis of naphtho[1,2-d]oxazole heterocycles from β-NQS as potential antiviral agents capable of inhibiting the HCV virus. Compound 45 was obtained from β-NQSNa (18) as shown above and reacted with substituted benzaldehyde or furfuryl aldehyde to form naphthoxazoles 51a–i and 53a–c

Recent advances and perspectives in ruthenium-catalyzed cyanation reactions

• Thaipparambil Aneeja,
• Cheriya Mukkolakkal Abdulla Afsina,
• Padinjare Veetil Saranya and
• Gopinathan Anilkumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 37–52, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.4

• afforded the products in excellent yields. The authors also conducted various experimental and theoretical studies to analyze the reaction mechanism. The proposed mechanism begins with the oxidative dehydrogenation of the alcohol to afford the aldehyde which undergoes condensation with ammonia to give the

DABCO-promoted photocatalytic C–H functionalization of aldehydes

• Bruno Maia da Silva Santos,
• Mariana dos Santos Dupim,
• Cauê Paula de Souza,
• Thiago Messias Cardozo and
• Fernanda Gadini Finelli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2959–2967, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.205

• strategy for aldehyde C–H activation. The acyl radicals generated in this step were arylated with aryl bromides through a well stablished nickel cross-coupling methodology, leading to a variety of interesting aryl ketones in good yields. We also performed computational calculations to shine light in the

• -electron oxidation of DABCO into its radical cation, the active species responsible for HAT activation of the aldehyde. Our results showed that intermediate amounts of DABCO (0.5 equiv) led to the best results (Table 1, entries 2 and 5; see Supporting Information File 1, Table S1 for details). Unexpectedly

• was the study of the aldehyde scope, using 4-bromophenyl methyl sulfone as a coupling partner. We were delighted to see that both aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes could be arylated using this protocol with good to excellent yields (13–16, 69–89%), although 4-anisaldehyde led to a diminished yield when

A photochemical C=C cleavage process: toward access to backbone N-formyl peptides

• Haopei Wang and
• Zachary T. Ball

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2932–2938, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.202

• unstable under basic conditions, readily forming aldehyde products 3. However, related hemi-aminal compounds are quite stable under non-basic conditions, and the motif is even contained in some natural products, such as zampanolide [21] and spergualin [22]. We propose a competing electrocyclization pathway

• 1 in acetone. Preparation and hydrolysis kinetics (inset) of N-formyl product 11. Dashed line: first-order decay fit used in calculating the rate constant. Proposed mechanism for the formation of aldehyde 3 and N-formyl product 8. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 280: Experimental

Iron-catalyzed domino coupling reactions of π-systems

• Austin Pounder and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2848–2893, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.196

• conditions, both primary and secondary alcohols are oxidized to the corresponding aldehyde/ketone, so the chronology of the addition remains unclear whether the reaction proceeds exclusively via an alkyl radical followed by subsequent oxidation, an acyl radical, or a combination of both. Further, slight

• results, the authors proposed a catalytic cycle (Scheme 12). First, the hydroperoxide, in the presence of an Fe(II) species, generates an Fe(III) intermediate and the alkoxy radical which can oxidize the incoming alcohol 67 to an aldehyde 70. Another equivalent of hydroxy radical, either generated under

• a four-component radical dual difunctionalization and ordered assembly of two chemically distinct alkenes 114/115, aldehyde 65, and tert-butyl peroxide (Scheme 23) [108]. In order to selectively couple one alkene to another, without the formation of oligomers, the authors utilized the different